Josh Shapiro Criticizes Vance Despite Similar Holocaust Remembrance Day Posts
Is this competence or optics?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro criticized Vice President JD Vance for his Holocaust Remembrance Day post on X, despite shocking similarities between the two men’s posts.
Vance took to X on Tuesday to memorialize Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we’re also capable of unspeakable brutality,” Vance wrote.
“And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.”
Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion,…
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 27, 2026
In an interview with NBC News on Wednesday, however, Shapiro claimed that Vance’s post was insufficient.
“Remember that the reason why we memorialize the Holocaust on this day, really, essentially, is to never forget,” Shapiro claimed. “And the reason you want to never forget is so that we never live through that atrocity again.”
“Part of never forgetting is making sure that the facts of what happened are recited, are remembered. The fact that JD Vance couldn’t bring himself to acknowledging that 6 million Jews were killed by Hitler and by the Nazis speaks volumes,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro’s Holocaust Remembrance Day post, however, looked strikingly similar and also did not include the 6 million figure he referenced.
“This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on a horrific chapter in human history — a period of incredible darkness for our world, consumed by hate and violence against millions of people on the basis of their faith, their background, and their beliefs,” Shapiro wrote.
“Today, perhaps more than ever before, we know how much work is still left to do. Amidst the rising antisemitism we’re seeing across this country, it’s on us to rededicate ourselves to combatting hate and violence wherever we see it — and to speak with moral clarity in its face,” Shapiro added.
This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on a horrific chapter in human history — a period of incredible darkness for our world, consumed by hate and violence against millions of people on the basis of their faith, their background, and their beliefs.
Today, perhaps…
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) January 27, 2026
Shapiro, a potential 2028 presidential contender, also claimed that Vance, “has offered comfort, really, to the antisemites on the right who are infecting the Republican Party.”
Vance, however, in a December 2025 interview told Sohrab Ahmari of UnHerd, “Antisemitism, and all forms of ethnic hatred have no place in the conservative movement.”
“Whether you’re attacking somebody because they’re white or because they’re black or because they’re Jewish, I think it’s disgusting,” the vice president added.
A Vance spokesperson shared the following statement with The …
Is this competence or optics?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro criticized Vice President JD Vance for his Holocaust Remembrance Day post on X, despite shocking similarities between the two men’s posts.
Vance took to X on Tuesday to memorialize Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we’re also capable of unspeakable brutality,” Vance wrote.
“And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.”
Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion,…
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 27, 2026
In an interview with NBC News on Wednesday, however, Shapiro claimed that Vance’s post was insufficient.
“Remember that the reason why we memorialize the Holocaust on this day, really, essentially, is to never forget,” Shapiro claimed. “And the reason you want to never forget is so that we never live through that atrocity again.”
“Part of never forgetting is making sure that the facts of what happened are recited, are remembered. The fact that JD Vance couldn’t bring himself to acknowledging that 6 million Jews were killed by Hitler and by the Nazis speaks volumes,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro’s Holocaust Remembrance Day post, however, looked strikingly similar and also did not include the 6 million figure he referenced.
“This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on a horrific chapter in human history — a period of incredible darkness for our world, consumed by hate and violence against millions of people on the basis of their faith, their background, and their beliefs,” Shapiro wrote.
“Today, perhaps more than ever before, we know how much work is still left to do. Amidst the rising antisemitism we’re seeing across this country, it’s on us to rededicate ourselves to combatting hate and violence wherever we see it — and to speak with moral clarity in its face,” Shapiro added.
This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on a horrific chapter in human history — a period of incredible darkness for our world, consumed by hate and violence against millions of people on the basis of their faith, their background, and their beliefs.
Today, perhaps…
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) January 27, 2026
Shapiro, a potential 2028 presidential contender, also claimed that Vance, “has offered comfort, really, to the antisemites on the right who are infecting the Republican Party.”
Vance, however, in a December 2025 interview told Sohrab Ahmari of UnHerd, “Antisemitism, and all forms of ethnic hatred have no place in the conservative movement.”
“Whether you’re attacking somebody because they’re white or because they’re black or because they’re Jewish, I think it’s disgusting,” the vice president added.
A Vance spokesperson shared the following statement with The …
Josh Shapiro Criticizes Vance Despite Similar Holocaust Remembrance Day Posts
Is this competence or optics?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro criticized Vice President JD Vance for his Holocaust Remembrance Day post on X, despite shocking similarities between the two men’s posts.
Vance took to X on Tuesday to memorialize Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we’re also capable of unspeakable brutality,” Vance wrote.
“And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.”
Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion,…
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 27, 2026
In an interview with NBC News on Wednesday, however, Shapiro claimed that Vance’s post was insufficient.
“Remember that the reason why we memorialize the Holocaust on this day, really, essentially, is to never forget,” Shapiro claimed. “And the reason you want to never forget is so that we never live through that atrocity again.”
“Part of never forgetting is making sure that the facts of what happened are recited, are remembered. The fact that JD Vance couldn’t bring himself to acknowledging that 6 million Jews were killed by Hitler and by the Nazis speaks volumes,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro’s Holocaust Remembrance Day post, however, looked strikingly similar and also did not include the 6 million figure he referenced.
“This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on a horrific chapter in human history — a period of incredible darkness for our world, consumed by hate and violence against millions of people on the basis of their faith, their background, and their beliefs,” Shapiro wrote.
“Today, perhaps more than ever before, we know how much work is still left to do. Amidst the rising antisemitism we’re seeing across this country, it’s on us to rededicate ourselves to combatting hate and violence wherever we see it — and to speak with moral clarity in its face,” Shapiro added.
This Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on a horrific chapter in human history — a period of incredible darkness for our world, consumed by hate and violence against millions of people on the basis of their faith, their background, and their beliefs.
Today, perhaps…
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) January 27, 2026
Shapiro, a potential 2028 presidential contender, also claimed that Vance, “has offered comfort, really, to the antisemites on the right who are infecting the Republican Party.”
Vance, however, in a December 2025 interview told Sohrab Ahmari of UnHerd, “Antisemitism, and all forms of ethnic hatred have no place in the conservative movement.”
“Whether you’re attacking somebody because they’re white or because they’re black or because they’re Jewish, I think it’s disgusting,” the vice president added.
A Vance spokesperson shared the following statement with The …
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